bambou

From French bambou, from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಮ್ಬು (bambu).

bambou (countable and uncountable, plural bambous)

1. (uncommon) Alternative form of bamboo.
   • 1811, François Balthazar Solvyns, Les Hindoûs, Vol. III, Section 8, No. 2:

     The Chowpaul is simply a very light bed or sofa, over which a large bambou forms an arch. But as this is not a sufficient defence against the sun, it is always attended by a servant carrying a chata or parasol.

Borrowed from Portuguese bambu, from Malay bambu, from Kannada ಬಮ್ಬು (bambu).

• IPA^(key): /bɑ̃.bu/

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bambou m (plural bambous)

1. bamboo (plant, cane)

• coup de bambou
• bamboche

• → Moore: bambu
• → Norman: bambou
• → Russian: бамбу́к (bambúk) (or Dutch bamboe or English bamboo) (see there for further descendants)

• “bambou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Borrowed from French bambou.

bambou m (plural bambous)

1. (Jersey) bamboo